Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A. (1833-1898)

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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt., A.R.A. (1833-1898)

Study of a Woman's Head

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14 5/8 x 10¾in. (371 x 273mm.)

Lot Essay

A drawing of the 1890s, probably for the head of the nereid who hands Perseus the helmet o invisibility in The Arming of Perseus in the Perseus series (see lot 127). In the painting, one of those left unfinished at Burne-Jones's death in 1898, the figure has a different hair style, but the pose of her head is the same

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